Miles Davis with Michel Legrand- The Legrand Jazz Recordings (June 25, 1958 NYC)

June 25, 1958 Columbia 30th Street Studio, New York City, New York MICHEL LEGRAND with MILES DAVIS Miles Davis trumpet Phil Woods alto saxophone John Coltrane tenor saxophone Jerome Richardson baritone saxophone Herbie Mann flute Barry Galbraith guitar Betty Glamann harp Eddie Costa vibrophone Bill Evans piano Paul Chambers bass Kenny Dennis drums Michel Legrand arranger, conductor Wild Man Blues (Louis Armstrong-Jelly Roll Morton) 0:00 ’Round Midnight (Bernie Hanighen-Cootie Williams-Thelonious Monk) 3:23 The Jitterbug Waltz (Fats Waller) 6:23 Django (John Lewis) 11:43 closing titles 15:54 From the album _Legrand Jazz_ [Columbia CL 1250, CS 8079 (1958)] French pianist, composer and arranger Michel Legrand made a name for himself in the mid fifties with a string of easy listening mood music albums, with titles like _Bonjour Paris, Holiday in Rome, Castles in Spain,_ and the popular _I Love Paris._ But he was also a jazz fan an
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